State v. Johnson

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of the crime of possession of cocaine with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent, as an accessory, in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-8 and 21a-278 (b).1 He was sentenced to a term of ten years imprisonment, suspended after five years, with five years of probation. The sentence was to run consecutive to a sentence already being served. On appeal, the defendant argues that his conviction should be overturned because (1) a trace or residue of a narcotic substance does not constitute possession under…